Watford could not back their victory over Chelsea up with a similar performance against West Ham, as they were comfortably beaten 2-0 in east London.

Chicharito netted the Hammers' opener before half-time and Marko Arnautovic made it two in the 77th minute to hand them a deserved victory.

The Hornets failed to create any real chances and lacked the energy and bite that was so evident on Monday night.

West Ham had the better chances in the first half, despite Adrian Mariappa seeing a header clawed away by Adrian.

Chicharito had a goal disallowed for offside, whilst Orestis Karnezis had already denied Joao Mario with his feet and clung onto a close-range effort from Arnautovic when they took the lead.

Michail Antonio raced past Daryl Janmaat on the left and delivered a ball to the back post, where Marvin Zeegelaar had lost his footing and Chicharito could head into the bottom corner.

Watford put plenty of pressure on the Hammers defence after the break, without creating much and Chicharito twice broke clear of the Hornets' backline, only to fail to take either chance.

Sebastian Prodl headed over from a Jose Holebas corner as Dodi Lukebakio was thrown on for his Hornets debut.

With 12 minutes remaining, West Ham put the game to bed with their second and it came in bizarre fashion.

Jose Holebas' clearance hit Aaron Cresswell and rebounded straight to Arnautovic, who had the simple task of converting from five yards out.

Here is how we rated the players

Orestis Karnezis

The Greek did brilliantly to deny Mario and Arnautovic with smart saves, but nothing he could do with the first goal. Solid after the break, but he will be disappointed that he didn't hold onto Cresswell's cross in the build up to the second goal. 7

Adrian Mariappa

Almost opened the scoring early on and managed to cover for Janmaat on numerous occasions. 6

Sebastian Prodl

The pick of the centre-backs, only mark against him was the booking at the end. Last year's player of the season looks to finally be finding some form. 6.5

Jose Holebas

Gives away silly fouls too often, although was not poor in the unfamiliar centre-back role. Sloppiness at full-back almost cost Watford however and his clearance inadvertently set up West Ham's second. Set-pieces a mixed bag. 5

Daryl Janmaat

Michail Antonio had the beating of Janmaat all game, including for the Hammers' opener. It's either all or nothing for the Dutchman, and today it was the latter. 4

Abdoulaye Doucoure

Couldn't reach the levels he did on Monday night. Got into some good positions going forward, only for his crosses to be cleared. A frustrating afternoon. 6

Etienne Capoue

Did OK in the middle of the park and much of the Hammers' main threats came down the flanks. Slow in possession, though. 5.5

Marvin Zeegelaar

Had a difficult time of it even before he went missing for the first goal. Just not strong enough in the tackle. 4

Gerard Deulofeu

Guilty of trying to do too much when on the ball. Good free-kick tested Adrian after the break and always tried to create, even if it wasn't coming off. 6

Troy Deeney

Battled hard and did win some headers, only to look aghast as nobody made the most of his flick-ons. Never had a sniff of scoring. 5

Richarlison

Could not get involved in the game at all. Weak shot straight at Adrian shortly after Arnautovic's goal rather summed it up. 5

Subs

Roberto Pereyra

Saw plenty of the ball when he came on and put in some dangerous crosses. Looks to be fully fit and starting to show his quality more regularly. 6

Dodi Lukebakio

On for his debut just moments before West Ham doubled their lead. No time to show his talents. N/A